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Timeline Of The Near Future
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1. Transit of Mercury.
2074
2039
2255
2134
2. Halley's Comet returns to the inner Solar System.
2025
2047
2061
2032
3. At 15-28 UTC - on September 14 - Venus will eclipse Jupiter.
2125 December 8
2114
2076
2123
4. Transit of Venus on June 9.
2021
2077
2255
2168 July 5
5. Triple conjunction of Mars and Saturn.
2177
2255
2221
2113
6. Sedna overtakes Eris as the farthest known spheroid orbiting the Sun.
2065
2221
2028
2114
7. Venus occults Spica.The previous occultation of Spica by Venus was on November 10 - 1783. December 24 - The Moon will occult Neptune.
2039
2197 September 2
2036
2032
8. The second full orbit of Neptune around the sun since its discovery in 1846.
2039
2174
2099
2084
9. Beginning of the 16th century according to the Islamic calendar.
2160
2017
2077
2047
10. 7th millennium begins in the Hebrew calendar.
2047
2255
2240
2015
11. The Voyager program is expected to terminate. Manned mission to the Moon by China.
2148
2020
2197 September 2
2123
12. Solar eclipse of 7 min 14 s - Solar Saros 139. Exceeding 7 minutes of totality - this will be the first time this has happened in 177 years; the last one occurred on June 30 - 1973. when the Concorde prototype followed the totality spot during 73 min
2076
2150 June 25
2039
2170
13. The One country - two systems model between China and Macau will expire.
2049
2099
2038
~2250
14. The Message From Earth will reach Gliese 581.
2020
2029
~2250
2051
15. Beginning of the 16th century according to the Islamic calendar.
2077
2126
2168 July 5
2061
16. On August 1 - Mercury occults Regulus (last occultation of Regulus by Mercury was on August 13 - 364 BC).
2253
2168 July 5
2240
2016
17. Triple conjunction Mars
2049
2117
2038
2170
18. 7th millennium begins in the Hebrew calendar.
2053
2029
2174
2240
19. Long-duration lunar eclipse of approximately 106.1 minutes.
2048
2123 June 9
2038
2020
20. 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in Russia.
2017
2021
2177
2221
21. The Chernobyl exclusion zone becomes habitable.
2099
2019
2082
~2250
22. Triple conjunction Mars
2021
2028
2100
2123
23. The One country - two systems model between China and Hong Kong will terminate in this year.
2099
2047
2177
2025
24. March 17
2182
2113
2160
2251
25. Copyright on the earliest Mickey Mouse cartoons expires.
2048
2023
2051
2255
26. Winter Olympics held in Sochi - Russia. 2014 FIFA World Cup held in Brazil. Expected time of completion for the World Trade Center site. The fifth report of the UN'sInternational Panel on Climate Change to be given.
2053
2123
2028
2014
27. Triple conjunction Mars
2221
2182
2123
2209
28. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.
2084
2074
2032
2015
29. The planetoid 90377 Sedna reaches perihelion.
2099
2076
2016
2255
30. On December 2 at 12-32 UTC Mars will occult Jupiter.
2223
2187
2099
2028
31. Brood X - the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas - will emerge.
2107
2021
2074
2174
32. December 10
2017
2114
2255
2117
33. Construction of Sagrada Familia to be completed.
July 16 - 2186
2028
2074
2057
34. Solar eclipse of 7 min 26 s - saros 139.
2067
2168 July 5
2065
2025
35. First expected manned mission to Mars by NASA.
2036
2051
2065
2025
36. On March 14 (which will be February 29 in the Julian calendar) - the difference between the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar reaches 14 days. Since 14 is divisible by 7 - this will be the first time in history since its inception that the G
2150 June 25
2100
2247
2125 December 8
37. Lease held by the Pitjantjatjara people on Uluru to Australian government set to expire.
2117
2028
2251
2084
38. 99942 Apophis has a 1 in 250000 chance of hitting Earth on April 19.
2025
2221
2047
2036
39. Solar eclipse of 7 min 29 s (very close to the theoretical maximum) - saros 139 - 'crowing' this serie. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the current 10000 year period - from 4000 BC to AD 6000 (eclipse predictions by Fred Espenak -
2197 September 2
July 16 - 2186
2057
2123
40. Transit of Mercury.
2240
2051
2049
2032
41. At 15-28 UTC - on September 14 - Venus will eclipse Jupiter.
2223
2209
2018
2123
42. 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia. 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang - South Korea.
2018
2019
2148
2253
43. The second full orbit of Neptune around the sun since its discovery in 1846.
2148
~2250
2174
2099
44. August will be the first time Pluto reaches aphelion since its discovery.
2113
2160
2082
2150 June 25
45. On March 14 (which will be February 29 in the Julian calendar) - the difference between the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar reaches 14 days. Since 14 is divisible by 7 - this will be the first time in history since its inception that the G
2100
2023
2170
2051
46. Transit of Venus on June 11.
July 16 - 2186
2076
2247
2100
47. Triple conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
2021
2279
2084
2134
48. There will be a Solar Eclipse on August 21.
2017
2022
2038
2048
49. 'First Plutonian anniversary' of the dwarf planet's discovery - given that Pluto's orbit is just under 248 Earth years.
2039
2123
2177
2047
50. The One country - two systems model between China and Hong Kong will terminate in this year.
2123
2047
2123 June 9
2177